Stickley Done Darkly

Black Walnut table based roughly on a design by Rex Alexander. Top is 1 3/4” x 45” x 97” Cronk & I built this for friends. The finish is 3 coats sealer, 6 coats poly and wax. Cronk (my partner in the shop) cut the walnut for this table some 20 odd years ago. It was originally cut as a full 4”, which ultimately let it dry slowly and allowed us to use some pretty nasty wood for the top. Lotsa knots, we think the wood is beautiful and we just try not to screw it up!

Looks Great!!! Your works is truly awesome. I would love to know how you attached the breadboards. I’ve seen plans for a coffee table with a similar breadboard design that used screws and wooden plugs set into the tenons of the tabletop to allow for the screws to bit into long grain.

Wow really nice, I really like that table. Like Don I do’nt have access to alot of woods like that (also not equiped yet). I have four small logs of walnut that I plan to use as pegs and trim in some Green and Green pieces. I just did some ebonizing tst this weekend and the color is amazing.

Thanks all! – it was a fun and heavy project! – Iclashley, I use the method your describing for attaching breadboards – I bloged the process for this table ( or look up Kevin Rodel on the Fine Woodworking site). Snowdog – The “general” dimensions and design came from an article by Rex Alexander in the publication “In the Craftsman Style”. Another good source for tables (though difficult to find) is “Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking” – gives the ins and outs of dimensioning. Dan – it really isn’t complex to make this table, just a little on the cumbersome & heavy side.